diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/preferences/CustomEditTextPreference.java b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/preferences/CustomEditTextPreference.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..898a56004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/preferences/CustomEditTextPreference.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package de.danoeh.antennapod.preferences;
+
+import android.app.AlertDialog;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.os.Build;
+import android.preference.EditTextPreference;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
+
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.R;
+
+public class CustomEditTextPreference extends EditTextPreference {
+
+    public CustomEditTextPreference(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
+        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
+    }
+
+    public CustomEditTextPreference(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
+        super(context, attrs);
+    }
+
+    public CustomEditTextPreference(Context context) {
+        super(context);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onPrepareDialogBuilder(AlertDialog.Builder builder) {
+        if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {
+            builder.setInverseBackgroundForced(true);
+            getEditText().setTextColor(getContext().getResources().getColor(R.color.black));
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
index 9da2d75e6..6d14349d5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
@@ -88,14 +88,13 @@
             android:key="prefAutoUpdateIntervall"
             android:summary="@string/pref_autoUpdateIntervall_sum"
             android:title="@string/pref_autoUpdateIntervall_title"/>
-
         <CheckBoxPreference
             android:defaultValue="false"
             android:enabled="true"
             android:key="prefMobileUpdate"
             android:summary="@string/pref_mobileUpdate_sum"
             android:title="@string/pref_mobileUpdate_title"/>
-        <EditTextPreference
+        <de.danoeh.antennapod.preferences.CustomEditTextPreference
             android:defaultValue="6"
             android:inputType="number"
             android:key="prefParallelDownloads"